Ted Lemon is one California's most famous and acclaimed winemakers. A passionate, driven oenologist with a deep understanding of agriculture and experience making Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at some of Burgundy's greatest domaines, Ted became the first American to run a Burgundian estate in the for...
Joy Spence is an icon of the Rum industry and needs little introduction. Having spent forty years working at one of the Caribbean's most famous distilleries and rising to the role of Master Blend, Joy is uniquely placed to give an insight into the past, present and future of one of the world's fa...
For the next installment in our series of winemaker interviews, we caught up with one of Germany's oenoligcal superstars - Egon Muller IV. If Riesling is the 'king of grapes', that surely makes Egon the 'king of Riesling'. The head of a family-owned winery that has been making the world's greates...
Michter's are now firmly established as one of America's greatest distillers and bottlers of fine whiskey. From Rye to Bourbon, Sour Mash and beyond - the team are winning praise from the critics and adulation from connoisseurs in equal measure. We caught up with Andrea Wilson, Head of Maturat...
Mark Reynier is a busy man. Following his triumphant reopening and revitalisation of closed Islay distillery Bruichladdich in the 2000s, Mark set his sights on Irish single malts founding Waterford on the south east coast of Ireland and distilling his first spirit there in 2015. The project repre...
Alistair Walker is steadily making a name for himself with connoisseurs of fine Scottish whisky. Following stints at various distilleries, including BenRiach, Alistair founded Infrequent Flyers - an independent bottler that sources casks and releases small batches of uniquely special whiskies. Fr...
The wines of Sine Qua Non need little introduction. Mould breaking, iconoclastic, visionary are just some of the descriptors invoked when critics and wine lovers discuss this unique winery. Based in Ventura, north of LA, the wines of Sine Qua Non regularly notch up perfect scores from critics whi...
John Glaser and the team at Compass Box have spent the last twenty years slowly creating a revolution in Scotch whisky. Compass Box look beyond the current fashion for single malts and champion the delights of fine artisanal blends, sourcing single malts from and well-aged grains from Scotland's ...
The Guigal family produce a dazzling range of wines - from village level all the way up to arguable the most prestigious single vineyards in all of France. The so-called "La Las", three single vineyard Côte Roties - La Landonne, La Mouline and La Turque - are some of the most highly awarded and s...
Peter Gago joined Penfold's in the late 1980s and succeeded John Duval as chief winemaker in 2002. Since then he has combined a respect for the vast heritage of the Penfold's as one of Australia's oldest wineries with an innovative bent that has seen a number of exciting new wines released. From ...